Former president Jacob Zuma will not appear before the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday, his lawyers say.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is on sick leave and is currently recovering at home.

The reopening of schools in South Africa has been delayed for two weeks due to the steep increase of Covid-19 infections.

Sadtu has said it is in support of a delay in the opening of schools amid the Covid-19 second wave.

South Africa has recorded 712 new Covid-19-related deaths and the death toll is now 35 852.

The head of international relations in the Israeli Ministry of Health has said the cost of the Covid-19 vaccine is "ridiculously low" in comparison to the economic damage caused by national lockdowns.

University of Johannesburg expert mathematician professor Michael Henning has received a coveted A1 rating for the third time.

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A police case has been opened into the recent appointment of 1 700 learner traffic officials by the Mpumalanga community safety, security and liaison department.

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu is expected to visit some of the Sassa offices on Friday to see first-hand the situation after over 200 000 temporary grant beneficiaries found they had to reapply and have a new medical assessment.

Limpopo police have activated a 72-hour activation plan to arrest a man wanted for allegedly strangling a woman and two-year-old child to death.

The MKMVA spokesperson thanked those in the ANC who supported him, but claimed there were "orchestrated" campaigns against him

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The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has questioned why there is no political will to implement the regulations at the Lebombo border post in Mpumalanga.

A Zimbabwean national has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for smuggling explosives into South Africa. She was also fined R20 000 for contravening the Immigration Act after it was found she had illegally entered into the country.

The South African Medical Association is concerned about reports that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, medical staff are being employed at care levels they are not trained for.

Collaboration between North West and Gauteng police has led to the arrest of a father who allegedly kidnapped his six-month-old twins.

A Limpopo businessman got a roaring surprise when he visited his father's house at Leadwood Big Game Estate and found uninvited guests...

Milnerton High School in Cape Town is the latest to fall victim to what it says is a fake TikTok account, which is posting racist messages under its banner.

EFF leader Julius Malema said civil society, trade unions, principals and parents must unite and call for the postponement of the resuming of schooling activities, until such a point where it was safe to send children to school.